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Sunday 31 October 2010

Deviated hooves and an abscess - updates

Regular readers may remember the interesting hoof that both lost a quarter to an abscess and deviated somewhat wildly to the medial side.

I didn't think that hoof could get much prettier than it was in September when I last posted about it.  I was wrong.......



Abscessed and deviated in April - hoof as is today

Abscessed and deviated in April - hoof as is today




























It will be interesting to see how the hoof copes with a reduced workload over the winter.

The attached horse lives very simply on the recommended barefoot diet and is out 24/7 on average UK type grass.

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